Board: Message Boards > Surnames > Roman URL: http://boards.ancestry.myfamily.com/surnames.roman/363/mb.ashx Subject: Obituary of Joseph Roman, Lackawanna Co., PA, 2006 Author: kleback Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 Classification: Obituary Surnames: Roman, Greenas, Lesak, Vellanti, Papero, Schetchick, Wittenbreder
From the THE TIMES-TRIBUNE, Scranton, PA, Tuesday, 25 July 2006: Joseph Roman, 81, of Hamilton Township, N.J., died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, N.J. His wife of 59 years is Helen M. Greenas Roman. Born in Jessup, son of the late John J. and Mary Lesak Roman, he resided in Hamilton Township for more than 50 years. An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Roman was the recipient of the Philippine Liberation Medal, and his tour of duty included, the Philippines, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Kyoto, Japan. Mr. Roman retired in 1989 from Young’s Rubber Co., Trenton, N.J., after 40 years of employment. He was a member of American Legion Post 31, Hamilton, and Hamilton Elks Lodge 2262, and served as past athletic director for the Legion Post 31 baseball program. He also played in the Trenton Industrial Softball League and was an avid sports enthusiast and a New York Yankees fan. Also surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, John J. and Elena Roman, Bordentown Township; and Michael J. and Donna J. Roman, Chesterfield, N.J.; two sisters-in-law, Theresa Roman, Peckville; and Mary Vellanti, Milford; four grandchildren, Gia A. and Jenna M. Roman; Stacy Papero and husband, Pasquale; and Michael J. Roman Jr.; a great-grandson, Dominic P. Papero; a nephew, Paul Roman; two cousins, Mike and Madge Schetchick; and special friends, Mary and Gus Wittenbreder, all of Jessup. He was also preceded in death by a brother, John Roman. The funeral will be today at 10:30 a.m. from the Brenna Funeral Home, 340 Hamilton Ave., Trenton, with Mass of Christian Burial at 11 in Our Lady of the Angels Parish, St. Joachim’s Church, Butler Street, Trenton. Entombment will follow in Princeton Memorial Park Mausoleum, Robbinsville, N.J. Friends may call today, 8:30 to 10:30.
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